Management Function Deployment: a Method for Strategic Process Improvement Alignment of Software Project Management

• Gustavo H. P. Carvalho UFPE
• Fabio Q. B. da Silva UFPE
• A. César C. França UFPE

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbqs.2010.15426

Abstract

This article presents a method, named Management Function Deployment (MFD), which allows alignment of project management process improvement with organizational level strategies. The relevance of this alignment is to increase the effectiveness of the process improvement provided that there are not many practical guidelines on how to achieve it. To evaluate the industrial applicability of this method, a field study was carried out on a software development company. The participants from these companies approved the MFD. Further and general MFD applications are discussed for other contexts.

Keywords: Method, Strategic Alignment, Management

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